Joint for knockdown or separable furniture.



No. 692,053. Patented lan. 28, |902.

F. L. FORSTER. JOINT Fon KNocKnowN on SEPARABLE FURNITURE.

(Applicacion'med July 1o, 1901.)

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` UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

FRANK L. FORSTER, OF SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JACOB A. CONREYMAR^Y CONREY, AND AILBERTH. HILDRETH, OF SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA.

JOINT FORKNOCKDOWN-OR SEPARABLE FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Oil' Letters Patent No; 692,053, dated January 28, 1902.

Application filed July l0, 1901. Serial lilo. 67,768. (No model.)

Zo a/ZZ whom it may concern: j rmetale d, one of them having therethrough 5o Be it known that I, FRANK L. FORSTER, a slotsff, and out of line withv these slots are citizen of the United States, residing at Shelblocks g g,with beveled ends, and these blocks byville, in the county of Shelby and State of serve to hold the plates together. When 5 Indiana, have invented new and useful lmthree pieces are to be connected by a single` provements in Joints for Knockdown or Sep'- latch-bar, additional blocks g/ may be pro- 55 arable Furniture, of which the following is a vided; Upon one end of the latch-bar is a specification. f bolt h, which is engaged by a cylindrical nut This invention relates to certain newV and fb', having a circumferential recess into which xo usefnlimprovements in joints for knockdown lies a retaining-plate k, said plate being ator separable furniture; and it consists in cervtached to the section having the longitudinal 6o tain improvements whereby several parts or Vaperture a, and said plate and the front edge sections can be separated or knocked down may be covered by a suitable molding-strip.

for shipment and can be readily placed to- One of the sections of the structure may have 15 gether, the joints or connections being such attached thereto a plate Z, which is let into the that the parts may be`Y drawn one toward the edge of the section and is retained by screws, 65 other to make a tight joint, as will be hereinthis plate having several cylindrical projectafter set forth. i ing portions which are adapted to enter the In the accompanying drawings, which illuscylindrical apertures d, and said parts have 2o trate one embodiment of the invention, Fighooks m, with beveled edges, the hooks being ure l is a perspective view showing several of such size that they may be passed through 7o parts of a sectional bookcase or like receptathe slots f to be engaged by the latch bar cle connected in accord with my invention. when the same is moved. The other piece or Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views, Fig. 4 is a pieces of thel article of furniture may be rev 2 5 perspective view of the movable latch-bar decessed vto receive plates n, which plates carry tached, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing hooks o, which are beveled to engage the bev- 75 four pieces or parts connected by a single -eled edges of the blocks g,- and these hooks latch-bar. pass through slots p in the section having the Referring to the accompanyingdrawings, sliding latch-bar. The construction lshown 3o A indicates the several sections orfpartsofa may be varied and the nut which moves the knockdown article of furniture-fforinstance, latch-bar can be operated by a suitable key, 8o a section'of a bookcase-and in the make-up and said nut by preference will be located at of such an article one of the parts has plowed the back of the article of furniture to which into one of its edges a longitudinal groove or the fastening is applied. The latch-bar may 35 recess a, which is partially occupied-by a fillbe made as shown or from a rectangular piece ing-piece h, thus providing a longitudinal of tubing. 8 5 opening which is rectangular in cross-section Having thus described my invention, what below the filling-piece. Inline with the open- I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters ing a is a cylindrical recess c of a larger di- Patent, is-- 4o ameter than the rectangular aperture, the l. Means for connecting several parts of same being for the reception of a cylindrical knockdown furniture, 'consisting of a part 9o nut, which is held therein so as to be turned which has near one of its edges a longitudiby a suitable ,-key. At intervals the part nal aperture, two or more of the walls adjahaving the longitudinal aperture is provided cent to the aperture having openings, a latch 4 5 with cylindrical openings d, which extend having a threaded end portion, the latch be- ,from the outer edge and intersect the apering housed in the aperture, a nut which en- 95 ture o.. I gages the threaded portion of the latch and The latch-bar B is 4preferably rectangular is held against displacement,parts forengagein cross-section and presents two strips of ment with the hereinbefore-mentioned part,

said parts having hooks which are adapted to be placed in the path of the latch so as to be engaged thereby, substantially as shown.

2. A joint for connecting several parts of furniture, one of the parts having an aperture in Which is housed a latch-bar,said latchbar having through different faces a plurality of catch port-ions, threads on one end of the latch-bar, a nut which engages the threads and moves the latch-bar lengthwise when turned, openings or recesses through the Walls of the aperture in which the latchbar is housed, the parts or members which are adapted to be attached to the rstmen tioned part having attached thereto projecting hooks of such length as to pass through the recesses in the Walls of the aperture in which is housed the latch-bar and engage said latch-bar, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

3. Means for connecting several parts of furniture one to the other, consisting of a many-sided latch-bar housed within one of the parts to be longitudinally movable with respect to said part, the latch -bar having catches for hooks in several of its faces, the other parts of the furniture having hooks with beveled faces for engagement with the catches of the latch-bar, so that the several parts Will be drawn one toward the other and held positively in locked engagement by the latch-bar.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK L. FORSTER.

Witnesses:

GARNETT R. FLEMING, ELIsE SCHROEDER. 

